While several nations and sub-regional organisations have called for Burundi's elections to be postponed, the United Nations insists that agreement on the way forward be decided by Burundi's parties themselves. This view has been consistently maintained despite calls from the African Union and most recently the East African Community that the elections be delayed by at least one month. Political dialogue among the various parties is being facilitated by the Secretary General's Envoy to the Great Lakes region Said Djinnit